Equestrian Eventer Zara Phillips | Local Riding Search Equestrian Eventer Zara Phillips Following a successful career in young riders Eventer Zara Phillips, the daughter of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips, really established herself at senior level eventing by finishing second at the Burghley three day event on Toytown in 2003. Other wins included the Under 25 Championship at Bramham and an individual silver medal in the European Young Riders Championship in 2002 At the Burghley 3 day event, Zara Phillips gave a highly polished display in the dressage arena and a fast and clear cross country round that gave her the lead going into the show jumping. Having one fence down dropped her to second behind the Rolex Grand Slam champion Pippa Funnell But it was still a remarkable display from a 22 year old in her first attempt at four-star level eventing. Following her Burghley performance, Zara was long listed for Athens in 2004 But her hopes of emulating her parents by competing with the British event team at an Olympic Games, were dashed by an injury to Toytown that ruled him out for the rest of the year.

In June 2005, Zara put the Olympics disappointment behind her with a great performance at the newly upgraded four star event in Luhmuhlen. Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips was born on May 15, 1981, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London. The second child of the Princess Royal, her unusual first name came from Prince Charles … "The baby made a rather sudden and positive arrival and my brother thought Zara (a Greek name meaning ‘bright as the dawn’) was an appropriate name.", recalls Princess Anne She finished on her dressage score to take second place with Toytown and earn selection, originally as an individual, for the European Championships at Blenheim in September. Following the withdrawal of Primmore’s Pride, Zara replaced Pippa Funnell on the British team for Blenheim. Showing composure beyond her years, Zara Phillips rode into history by taking two gold medals on her senior debut, exceeding the achievement of her mother, who won the individual title at the European Championships in 1971. 2006 brought the prospect of the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany – Zara’s first four star Championship.

Some disappointing show jumping performances in the spring left her confidence dented but a talk with her mentor and fellow competitor Pippa Funnell brought a welcome boost. A good start in the dressage left Zara and Toytown in fifth position and the British team in bronze. The cross-country test was a true Championship track and caused problems for many; but the combination showed what a special partnership they have with a clear inside the time to promote them to top spot and the team to silver. The final show jumping phase produced a heart stopping moment when Zara did not hear the bell to start; but she kept her composure to lower just a single rail and incur a single time penalty. The gold was hers and silver for the British team. In 2007 Zara entered the Burghley Horse Trials on Ardfield Magic Star. Zara was educated at Port Regis School in Dorset and Gordonstoun in Scotland and spent time in Australia and New Zealand after A levels.

Princess Anne, European Champion in 1971, represented Britain at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, while Captain Mark Phillips, as well as winning Badminton Horse Trials four times, also won an Olympic team gold medal in Munich in 1972 and team silver in Seoul in 1988.

Zara Phillips Major Results and Achievements … 2010 : 2nd Ligniere CIC** riding Lord Lauries 1st Highclere Intermediate riding Silver Lining V 2nd Aston-le-Walls Intermediate riding Silver Lining V 3rd Moreton Morrell BE100 riding Petition 3rd Tweseldown Intermediate riding Silver Lining V 2007 : 24th Burghley CCI**** 2007 (Ardfield Magic Star) 2006 : Awarded an MBE in New Year’s Honours List 2006 BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2006 Completed Pau CIC** (Tsunami II) Completed Boekelo CCI*** (Red Barron) 5th Gatcombe CIC** (Red Barron) Individual Gold and Team Silver World Equestrian Games, Aachen 2006 (Toytown) 10th Bramham CCI*** 2006 (Ardfield Magic Star) 15th Burnham Market CIC***W 2006 (Toytown) 12th Kreuth CCI*** 20

06 (Ardfield Magic Star) 2005 : 8th Necarne CIC** 2005 (Ardfield Magic Star) Individual and Team Gold Senior European Championships Blenheim 2005 (Toytown) 3rd British Intermediate Championship, Gatcombe Park 2005 (Red Baron) 2nd Luhmuhlen CCI**** 2005 (Toytown) 4th Ballindenisk CIC* 2005 (Tsunami II) 6th Nallindenisk CIC** 2005 (Red Baron) 2004 : 9th Martinvast CIC** 2004 (Springleaze Macaroo) 7th Lumuhlen CIC*** 2004 (Springleaze Macaroo) 2003 : 2nd Burghley CCI**** 2003 (Toytown) 4th Gatcombe Park Advanced 2003 (Toytown) 5th Luhmuhlen CCI*** 2003 (Toytown) 10th Chatsworth CIC*** 

2003 (Toytown) Zara Phillips in profile - British Eventing Zara Phillips in profile Location: Born and raised near Stroud, Gloucestershire Occupation: Full time event rider and also trains point to pointers Zara was educated at Port Regis School in Dorset and Gordonstoun in Scotland and spent time in Australia and New Zealand after A levels.

Background Following a successful career in young riders, which included victory in the Under 25 Championship at Bramham and an individual silver medal in the European Young Riders Championship in 2002, the daughter of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips really established herself at senior level in 2003 by finishing second at Burghley three day event with Toytown. A polished display in the dressage arena and a fast and clear cross country round gave her the lead going in to the show jumping and although one fence down dropped her to second behind the Rolex Grand Slam champion Pippa Funnell, it was still a remarkable display from the then 22 year old in her first attempt at four-star level. Following that performance, Zara was long listed for Athens in 2004 but her hopes of emulating her parents by competing with the British event team at an Olympic Games* were dashed by an injury to Toytown that ruled him out for the rest of the year. In June 2005, Zara put that disappointment behind her with a great performance at the newly upgraded four star event in Luhmuhlen.

She finished on her dressage score to take second place with Toytown and earn selection, originally as an individual, for the European Championships at Blenheim in September. Following the withdrawal of Primmore's Pride, Zara has replaced Pippa Funnell on the British team for Blenheim. Showing composure beyond her years, Zara rode into the history by taking two gold medals on her senior debut, exceeding achievement of her mother, who won the individual title at the European Championships in 1971. 2006 brought the prospect of the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany – Zara's first four star Championship. Some disappointing show jumping performances in the spring left her confidence dented but a talk with her mentor and fellow competitor Pippa Funnell brought a welcome boost. A good start in the dressage left Zara and Toytown in fifth position and the British team in bronze. The cross-country test was a true Championship track and caused problems for many but the combination showed what a special partnership they have with a clear inside the time to promote them to top spot and the team to silver.

The final show jumping phase produced a heart stopping moment when Zara did not hear the bell to start but she kept her composure to lower just a single rail and incur a single time penalty – the gold was hers and silver for the British team. *Princess Anne, European Champion in 1971, represented Britain at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, while Captain Mark Phillips, as well as winning Badminton Horse Trials four times, also won an Olympic team gold medal in Munich in 1972 and team silver in Seoul in 1988.

Championship history 2008 Olympics - selected on Toytown 2007 European championships: Team Silver & Individual Gold on Toytown 2006 World Equestrian Games: Team Silver & Individual Gold on Toytown 2005 European championships: Team & Individual Gold on Toytown 2002 Young Rider European championships: Individual Silver on Toytown Zara Phillips targets Olympic gold with baby Mia by her side - CNN.com Zara Phillips targets Olympic gold with baby Mia by her side By Tom Sweetman , for CNN updated 11:24 AM EST, Tue November 4, 2014 Having given birth to her first child in January, Zara Phillips has since returned to competition and helped Great Britain qualify for the 2016 Olympics with her performance at August's FEI World Equestrian Games. Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter gave birth to Mia Grace Tindall on January 17, 2014. Mia is 16th in line for the British throne. Mia's father is rugby star Mike Tindall, who married Phillips on July 30, 2011.

In September 2014, Phillips and her husband took part in a wheelchair rugby exhibition match during the Invictus Games for war veterans organized by her cousin Prince Harry (pictured behind). After missing out in 2004 and 2008 due to her horse Toytown sustaining injuries, Phillips had to wait until 2012 before she participated in her first Olympics, in which she won a silver medal in the team equestrian event. She was presented her medal by her mother, Princess Anne, who participated in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as a member of Britain's equestrian team. Her father Mark Phillips, left, was part of Britain's gold-medal-winning eventing team at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and he also won silver at Seoul '88. The 33-year-old Zara is a former world champion, taking gold in 2006, and won European titles in 2005 and 2007. HIDE CAPTION Follow us at @WorldSportCNN and like us on Facebook (CNN) -- Zara Phillips is not one to rest on her laurels.

After giving birth for the first time in January -- providing Queen Elizabeth II's fourth great-grandchild -- the equestrian star could be forgiven for taking a break from the harsh demands of the stables. Yet just three months on, the British Head of State's eldest granddaughter would find herself back on that familiar saddle competing once more. By August, she had remarkably gone a long way to likely booking her place in what will be her second Olympic Games. "It was harder than I thought it was going to be. I had a lot of friends who said, 'Don't come back too quickly.' I sat on a horse about five weeks after (giving birth)," Phillips tells the CNN Equestrian show. But come back quickly she did. Eight and a half months after Mia Grace Tindall -- the 16th in line for the throne in Britain -- was born on January 17 , her mother placed 11th in the eventing at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy , helping her nation to silver and Olympic qualification. Phillips' performance in France, which among the UK riders was only bettered by world No.

1 William Fox-Pitt, could well be enough to persuade Britain's Olympic selectors that she is worthy of a spot in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The master plan had come to fruition. Dutch vet takes German team to new heights Picture-perfect jumpers gather in Spain Equestrian star's historic feat "I always wanted to get back for the Worlds at the right time," Phillips says. "I've given myself enough time to get back where I left off." The objective now, as well as bringing up her daughter with rugby star husband Mike Tindall, is winning Olympic gold. She claimed team eventing silver at London 2012, where she was presented her medal by her mother Princess Anne -- who competed for Britain in equestrian at the Montreal '76 Games. Her father, Mark Phillips, won eventing gold at Munich '72 and silver in Seoul 16 years later. Phillips' parents divorced in 1992. Yet despite now being a fully-fledged Olympian, the 33-year-old Zara still feels she has some unfinished business to attend to when she, if all goes to plan, touches down in Rio in two years' time.

"When you come out of the Olympics you just go, 'Let's just do it all again,' " Phillips says. "To be able to come out with a medal (in London) was incredible. But we wanted gold and we probably should have got it. "We'd definitely like to go back and try and change the color." In 2012, Phillips had a whole host of royalty fighting her corner, with Princes William and Harry, to name just a few, among those cheering on their relative from the stands. Come 2016, Mia -- who will be superseded as the youngest member of Britain's royal family when William's wife Catherine gives birth for the second time -- could be watching her mother's bid to win gold, having already spent time on the equestrian circuit. Princess' love for horses and sport Equestrian chooses China Behind the FEI World Equestrian Games "She's been on the road. There's so many kids on the circuit, so many people who've had babies already," Phillips says. "We're lucky because we can ride and go back and forth a bit, it fits in really well.

It seems to have worked and hopefully it will keep going like that." Having admitted to not feeling maternal before Mia's birth, Phillips has since treasured the experience of becoming a mother for the first time. "I've really enjoyed it. In a funny kind of way it's like having another type of high-performance horse on your hands," she jokes. "It's an incredible bond you have. I'm lucky, she's really good." Phillips has had plenty of experience developing special bonds down the years, having nurtured a number of relationships with her horses since being introduced to riding as a child by her equine-loving family. It was with her beloved Toytown that she first started competing properly, soon going on to become both a European and world champion -- taking continental glory in 2005 and 2007, while conquering the globe at the first attempt in 2006. Olympic success came alongside High Kingdom, and he could well be Phillips' partner in Rio, given that she rode the bay gelding in Normandy. "I've had him since he was a five-year-old," Phillips says of High Kingdom, now 13. "We've come up the levels together and taught each other everything.

"I'm trying to teach him. I think it really helps that I've had him for that long and know him very well." How unbeatable team stays on top Jump legend Harvey Smith What is carriage driving? Phillips' equestrian career, though, has not come without its setbacks. Injury to the now-retired Toytown cost her likely selection for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, while lightning unfortunately struck twice four years later as another injury to the chestnut gelding ruled her out of Beijing. Phillips also broke her collarbone in 2008 after falling off Tsunami II, and the horse had to be put down. "I think you get to see the signs when things are really good and when things aren't so good," Phillips reflects. "You would hope that you would notice before anything went too wrong. And that's what you always try." She remains ever-indebted to the role her family have played in helping to lay the foundations for her successful career. Her grandmother, one of the great patrons of British horse racing, still rides at the age of 88. "I remember always being around the yard and being around horses. It was great fun, you know," Phillips says.

"You get this passed down through the family and that's where it sort of came from. Obviously we're very grateful to our family and hobbies and traditions, and the love and passion they've got for the horses has filtered down through the years." "Horses mean everything to me," Phillips adds. "They're what I do -- my work and my passion. I'm very lucky." ZARA PHILLIPS TINDALL TAKES GOLD ON TOYTOWN WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES GERMANY Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall MBE (nï¿½e Phillips; born 15 May 1981), known commonly as Zara Phillips, is the second child and only daughter of Anne, Princess Royal and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and is 14th in the line of succession to the throne. She is married to former England rugby union player Mike Tindall, but has kept her own name for professional purposes, referring to herself otherwise as "Mrs Tindall". She is listed as 14th in the line of succession to the 16 Commonwealth realms as Mrs Michael Tindall.

MAY 2012 - Mike Tindall was reported in press as saying that he and stunning wife Zara Phillips want to add a new team member to their family. Tindall, 33, said he and Princess Anneï¿½s daughter want to follow in the footsteps of her brother Peter and give the Queen a great-grandchild. But itï¿½s about timing. Zara Phillips riding Glenbuck at Badminton Horse Trials 2010 Marriage On 21 December 2010, Buckingham Palace announced her engagement to rugby union player Mike Tindall, who plays for Premiership side Gloucester and the England national team. She received a diamond and platinum engagement ring from Tindall.[8] She lives with Tindall at their home in Gloucestershire. The couple met during England's Rugby World Cup-winning campaign in Australia in 2003, being introduced by Zara's cousin, Prince Harry. The wedding was held on 30 July 2011 at the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. The bride wore a Stewart Parvin dress and the Meander tiara.

This tiara belonged to her great-grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, who became Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark. It was a tiara that Anne, Princess Royal also wore. Equestrian - Medal record Following in both her parents' footsteps, Phillips is an accomplished equestrian. In June 2003, she announced that she had secured a sponsorship deal with Cantor Index, a leading company in spread betting, to help cover the costs of her equestrian career. Riding her horse Toytown, she collected individual and team gold medals at the 2005 European Eventing Championship in Blenheim and individual gold and team silver medals at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, making her the reigning Eventing World Champion until 2010. She won the Eventing World Championship in Aachen in 2006. The same year she was voted 2006 BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the British viewing public (an award her mother won in 1971).

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 New Year's Honours List by her grandmother for her services to equestrianism, clearly deserved for consistent skill and performance. In 2012 she carried an Olympic flame at Cheltenham Racecourse on her horse Toytown. Despite winning team gold at the 2007 European Eventing Championships in Italy, she failed successfully to defend her own individual title after a problem in the show jumping phase of the competition. It was announced by the British Olympic Association that Phillips would be riding Toytown for the British equestrian team at the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 in Hong Kong. However, an injury sustained by Toytown during training led to her being forced to withdraw from the team. Zara previously missed the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when Toytown suffered a similar injury during training. On 25 October 2008, she fell from her horse, Tsunami II, at the 15th fence of a cross-country event at Pau, France, and broke her right collarbone.

The horse broke its neck after it had tipped over the hedge and was put down. On 11 June 2012, Phillips was announced as being a part of the British Equestrian team at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Royal engagements Phillips supports many charitable causes. In 2003, she and Princess Anne took part in the first UK double ship-naming ceremony in Southampton. Princess Anne named the P&O Cruises liner Oceana, and Phillips named its sister ship Adonia. She frequently attends various events for charity and has taken to supporting certain causes herself, mainly for spinal injuries, equestrian charities and children's causes. In 2005, she auctioned one of her evening gowns (worn at the London premiere of the film Seabiscuit ) to raise money for tsunami relief. She also undertook a visit to New Zealand in her role as patron of The Catwalk Trust. From 1998 to 2005 she served as the president of Club 16-24, a group which encourages young people to take an interest in racing.

She is linked to INSPIRE, the Salisbury based medical research charity which helps to improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries, and Sargent Cancer Care for Children, the UK's leading children's cancer charity. She appears at events for The Caudwell Charitable Trust, which is targeted at children with special needs, disabilities and serious illnesses. She has continued her family's long patronage of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and has visited on many occasions. In 2006, she took part in a special charity day for Cantor Index, whose staff were killed in the 11 September 2001 attacks. In 2007, she became patron of the Mark Davies Injured Riders Fund. To help with Sport Relief 2008, she posed for her first official royal portrait by artist Jack Vettriano. In 2009, she attended a celebrity poker tournament in Monaco in aid of Darfur, Sudan. In September 2010, she attended the 2012 London Olympic Ball alongside cousin Prince Harry of Wales.

In October of the same year she attended another celebrity poker tournament, this time in London, in aid of Cancer Research UK, of which she is Royal Patron. Clothing design In 2009 it was announced that Phillips would be designing her own range of equestrian clothing for Musto Outdoor Clothing. The range is named ZP176 after the team number Zara was given when she first represented her country. The range was officially launched in July 2010. World Equestrian Games - Germany Zara Phillips proved herself equal to the pressure at the World Equestrian Games in Germany to win the individual gold medal. Phillips stayed cool to retain her lead on Toytown in an action-packed final showjumping round in Aachen, adding the World title gold medal to her double European gold last year and leading the British team to world silver behind Germany. Phillips' great triumph was to negotiate the showjumping course with only one mistake, as this phase is not one at which Toytown excels. Germany's Bettina Hoy had been Phillips' main challenger in the previous phase but made two mistakes and had one time penalty on Ringwood Cockatoo in the showjumping.

Hoy's errors dropped her to sixth and British-based Australian Clayton Fredericks moved up to the silver medal place on Ben Along Time, giving Phillips a one-fence margin for error. Toytown caught a rail inside the penultimate fence, the treble, but that was the only mistake and, together with one time penalty, Phillips finished on five and won the gold medal. Phillips said: "I have done a lot of work on Toytown's showjumping, with enormous help from the team showjumping trainer Ken Clawson, so he deserves a lot of thanks for the improvement." Phillips, who is now being tipped as a contender for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, told BBC Radio Five Live: "It's unbelievable, a fantastic result. "It's great we got a medal for the team as well. "The thing that put pressure on me was that I didn't hear the bell so I didn't get to the start on time. I looked up at the end and just rushed it but luckily I had a fence and a bit in hand. "It's great for the sport, everyone can see it and how wonderful it is, and how the animals are the most amazing animals in the world.

"It's an amazing venue in there, in England we don't get to jump anywhere like that." Phillips had claimed to be looking forward to the final showjumping phase but when she took gold she had to hold back the tears. She had coped with the pressure of helping the team win silver as well and also recently lost close friend Sherelle Duke after the Irish rider was killed in an eventing fall a week ago. Phillips had taken the individual competition lead during the cross country phase with an inspired performance over a course that caused a lot of problems for the 14-nation, 79-strong field. Phillips and Toytown survived one sticky moment and drove on to go ahead with a crucial clear round to set up a thrilling final day in the showjumping. In the showjumping, Britain made up a little ground on Germany, but not enough to upset their lead, finishing 26 penalties behind. Australia overtook America for the bronze, but America's ex-firefighter Amy Tryon moved up to take individual bronze on British-bred Poggio.

Zara Phillips - World Equestrian Games, gold Equestrianism: Phillips leads British chase - 26 August 2006 Germany's Bettina Hoy produced her customary brilliant test to hold the lead from her team-mate, Ingrid Klimke on Sleep Late, at the end of the dressage phase of the three-day event at the World Equestrian Games here. The British were, however, given a boost as well with splendid performances from Zara Phillips on Toy Town and William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo, who are now lying fifth and eighth. As a result the British team has advanced from sixth to third as riders prepare for today's cross-country. Phillips was the first to raise British hopes with a fluent test on the equable Toy Town with whom she won last year's European championship. Fox-Pitt and Tamarillo gave supporters a more harrowing time, notably when the overwrought horse tried to move off too early after the first salute. But he was contained thereafter, thus clawing back most of the lost marks. Today's 31-fence cross-country course will pose Phillips's biggest challenge to date.

"It's jumpable, you've just got to concentrate," her father Captain Mark Phillips, who is also trainer of the United States team, said. There were plaudits from many quarters, including Bettina Hoy's Australian husband Andrew (now lying in 15th place on Master Monarch) who described it as "the strongest but the nicest course I've ever seen". There are plenty of places for riders to be caught napping, but no serious traps for the horses . Germany's Isabell Werth received the first individual gold medal for pure dressage when she gained almost 80 per cent on Satchmo, defeating the Dutch star Anky Van Grunsven on Keltec Salinero. Britons failed to finish among the top 15 who qualify for tonight's Freestyle to Music. Germany's Bettina Hoy produced her customary brilliant test to hold the lead from her team-mate, Ingrid Klimke on Sleep Late, at the end of the dressage phase of the three-day event at the World Equestrian Games here.

The British were, however, given a boost as well with splendid performances from Zara Phillips on Toy Town and William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo, who are now lying fifth and eighth. As a result the British team has advanced from sixth to third as riders prepare for today's cross-country. Phillips was the first to raise British hopes with a fluent test on the equable Toy Town with whom she won last year's European championship. Fox-Pitt and Tamarillo gave supporters a more harrowing time, notably when the overwrought horse tried to move off too early after the first salute. But he was contained thereafter, thus clawing back most of the lost marks. Today's 31-fence cross-country course will pose Phillips's biggest challenge to date. "It's jumpable, you've just got to concentrate," her father Captain Mark Phillips, who is also trainer of the United States team, said. There were plaudits from many quarters, including Bettina Hoy's Australian husband Andrew (now lying in 15th place on Master Monarch) who described it as "the strongest but the nicest course I've ever seen". There are plenty of places for riders to be caught napping, but no serious traps for the horses.

Germany's Isabell Werth received the first individual gold medal for pure dressage when she gained almost 80 per cent on Satchmo, defeating the Dutch star Anky Van Grunsven on Keltec Salinero. Britons failed to finish among the top 15 who qualify for tonight's Freestyle to Music. Zara Phillips - European eventing success ZARA PHILLIPS WINS HORSE-RIDING GOLD - 12/09/2005 British royal ZARA PHILLIPS followed in the footsteps of her mother PRINCESS ANNE yesterday (11-9-05), when she won horse-riding's one day eventing European individual gold medal. Princess Anne, who won the same title in 1971, cheered on jubilantly from the crowd as her 24-year-old daughter matched and then exceeded her achievement, despite only being drafted into the British team at the last minute. Phillips took home a second gold medal when the British team won the overall team gold medal - Princess Anne entered the competition only as an individual competitor. Following her victory, Phillips gushed, "The crowd were fantastic.

I tapped quite a few fences but the horse was a good boy. "I didn't know whether the time was all right. It is fantastic. Two golds! It's so great for the team as we didn't come in as favourites." British royal Zara Phillips and her horse, Toytown, triumphed in both the team and individual events at the Blenheim Petplan European Eventing Championships. After successfully completing three disciplines - dressage, cross country and show-jumping, the 24-year-old royal was awarded the prize by her mother, who won the European Eventing Championships herself in 1971. "It's fantasticï¿½, Zara said. The talented royal, who was called up for the UK's eventing squad, aims to participate the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 2012 London Olympics. "I want to have the chance to be as good as, or better, than my mother. I would love to compete at the Beijing Olympic Games and hopefully London. Toytown is sound now and if we can keep it that way, I would love the chance to do all the things I want toï¿½, Zara confessed.

Her mother was 26 when she represented Britain at 1976's Montreal Games, but did not win a medal, while Zara's father, Captain Phillips, won team Gold in the equestrian event at the Munich Olympics in 1972, so the British royal wants to bring more of the eventing fame in the family. Zara Phillips shows her metal Adventurous Zara leads the fashion frenzy - April 10, 2005 Royal weddings in registry offices create a terrible quandary in the fashion department for guests. Hat, or no hat? Can one get away with trousers? Many of the lady guests yesterday took the safe way out with pale, knee-length suits and matching hats, but there were some startling exceptions in the wedding party itself. Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne, was the most venturesome in a thigh flashing Pucci frock with a loud pattern in teal, black and beige. Teamed with a black fedora hat and knee boots, the style owes much to the 1980s and may well generate future cringes when the photo album is hauled out.

Princess Anne herself did not disappoint either; her incredibly bright royal blue fitted frock-coat, compact matching pillbox and prim veil suggested an exciting combination of flight attendant and dominatrix. Zara Phillips Olympics: Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Anne in the crowd as Zara makes her Games debut | Daily Mail Online comments Members of the Royal family were out in force this morning to show their support to the Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, who made her Olympic equestrian debut. Phillips' grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, as well as her mother, Princess Anne, were in the VIP seats at Greenwich Park as Phillips competed in the eventing dressage competition.

She scored a solid 48.10 penalty points, despite a mistake toward the beginning of her canter in the first 'flying change.' Great Britain's Zara Phillips competes in the dressage stage on the second day of the Olympics Princess Anne, left, mother of Zara Phillips, attends the equestrian eventing dressage phase with Prince Phillip Cheers: Husband Mike Tindall was on hand to support his wife Zara Phillips In the stride, the horse is supposed to change the sequence of his steps from side to side, but High Kingdom didn't respond immediately to Phillips' cues. Cheers and applause broke out as she rode into the stadium and erupted anew when she finished. RELATED ARTICLES Share Phillips said it was an 'amazing feeling' to take part in the Olympics. Crowds at the equestrian arena in Greenwich, south east London, cheered and waved union flags as the Royal put in a strong performance.

Zara Phillips comforts High Kingdom during the dressage stage of the competition Olympic hopeful Zara Phillips rides High Kingdom before waving to the crowds after her performance Confident: Zara Phillips arrives to compete with High Kingdom in the London 2012 Olympics She said: 'It was incredible, an amazing feeling to be part of the Olympics and to ride for your country and to just be here. The crowd are amazing. 'It was incredible to be selected, and to be at here at home for the Olympics is an amazing feeling. You try to do your best for the team.' Anne, wearing a bright red canvas hat to protect against the strong sun, applauded politely at the end. Keeping calm: Zara Phillips with her horse High Kingdom in the equestrian eventing phase Despite a small hiccup, Phillips said she was pleased with the performance. MEDALS TABLE 'It was disappointing about his first change, but his other ones were really good,' she said afterward.

'But he coped with all the crowd and is only getting better.' Phillips, a former world and European eventing champion, said the mistake had nothing to do with the enthusiasm from the stands - a rousing welcome that prompted the announcer to remind the audience to keep applause to a minimum until the test was finished. The 13th in line to the throne has never competed in an Olympics because of injuries to her former horse Toytown in 2004 and 2008. Take a bow: Zara Phillips, of Great Britain, competes with her horse High Kingdom, in the equestrian eventing dressage phase of the 2012 Olympics But she is now one of the favourites for a medal as she tries to emulate her father Captain Mark Phillips, who won Olympic gold in 1972 and silver in 1988. Phillips, who was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year after being crowned eventing world champion in 2006, will compete in the individual and team three-day eventing competitions. Dressage: The ins an outs of a very Royal sport The word 'dressage' is a French term meaning training.

Horse and rider are expected to perform from memory a series of choreographed movements. It takes years of dedication and training to reach the Grand Prix level which is seen at the Olympics. The close relationship between horse and rider takes months, if not years, to form. Horse and rider are given a mark out of ten for each movement they perform plus additional marks for the horse's pace, impulsion, submission and the rider's position. There were a number of empty seats in the arena today as Zara competed, but speaking yesterday, equestrian sport manager Tim Hadaway said crowds at the event move throughout the venue during the day, meaning some seats may be left empty at times. He said: 'A lot of people are out and around the arena, sitting on the grass looking at the big screens. There is an opportunity for spectators to walk around the cross country course. 'That perhaps explains why seats are unfilled. It's a long day of dressage, people watch five or six tests and then they go and look around.' The equestrian event is being held at Greenwich Park, which dates from 1433 and is the oldest royal park in London.

The main equestrian arena sits right in front of Queen's House, a 17th-century building designed as a summer palace for Queen Anne of Denmark, the wife of James I. Horses are a big part of the royal family: the queen is an accomplished and enthusiastic equestrian and still rides often. Princess Anne is not only president of the British Olympic committee but a member of the International Olympic Committee and a former equestrian eventing Olympian herself. She competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympics but her horse fell going over a jump during the cross country event. In the first day of the dressage competition Saturday, Australia took the early lead with Germany and the United States close behind. Supporting the team: Zara Phillips and husband Mike Tindall watch teammate William Fox-Pitt compete in the dressage phase of the three day event Famous Equestrian People with Cotswold connections with the Cotswolds Princess Anne The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family and the only daughter of Elizabeth II.

She is the seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, and is currently tenth in the line of succession to the British Throne. At the time of her birth, she was third in line, but moved to second place from when her mother became Queen, until the birth of her brother, The Prince Andrew, in 1960. The Princess Royal is most famous for her charitable work. She is the only member of the British Royal Family to have competed in the Olympic Games. Princess Royal and her family reside at Gatcombe Park , where "The Festival of British Eventing " is held each year. BACK TO TOP Zara Phillips Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, MBE (born 15 May 1981) is the second child and only daughter of HRH The Princess Anne , Princess Royal, she is twelfth in the British Order of Succession. An elite equestrienne, Zara is the reigning Eventing World Champion and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the British viewing public (an award her mother, Princess Anne , won in 1971).

Zara was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 New Years Honours List for her services to equestrianism. She claimed individual gold on her horse Toytown in the three-day eventing competition at the World Equestrian Games in Germany, and also helped Great Britain secure a team silver. The Queen's granddaughter Zara Philips resides at the spectacular home " Gatcombe Park " in South Gloucestershire The Jackdaws Castle training establishment is just five miles from the Cotswold town of Stow-on-the-Wold . 2006-07 winners: 126 When Supreme Quest won the extended three-mile novices' handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter on April 1 2002, Jonjo achieved the distinction of becoming the first person to win 100 races in a British season as a jockey and a trainer. BACK TO TOP Pat Smythe Patricia Rosemary Smythe (22 November 1928 – February 27, 1996), most commonly known as Pat Smythe, was one of Britain's premier female showjumpers.

Pat's first taste of showjumping came after her relocation to the Cotswolds , after varied success at gymkhanas Pat was able to compete in her first International Show. Eventually she was asked to join the British team in 1947. In 1949 Pat and her mother moved to Miserden in the Cotswolds . She later married in 1960 after the Summer Olympics of the year to childhood friend Sam Koechlin and became Patricia Koechlin-Smythe. This meant a move to Switzerland and it was there that many of her books were written. Sam died in 1986 and Pat moved back to the Cotswolds . Pat's death came due to heart disease when she was 67. She was also the subject of a commemorative plate. BACK TO TOP Fred Archer Born in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , Frederick James "Fred" Archer (January 11, 1857 - November 8, 1886) was an English flat race jockey who was the most successful sportsman in horse racing during the Victorian era.

Archer was Champion Jockey for 13 consecutive years until 1886, riding 2748 winners from 8084 starts. Fred Archer was a legend in his lifetime, and has been ever since. Intelligent and ambitious, he was a natural horseman who understood tactics too. He was simply the best all-round jockey that the Turf has ever seen. Fred Archer was born in Cheltenham , the son of William Archer (winner of the Grand National on Little Charlie in 1858). He was apprenticed to the trainer Mathew Dawson as an 11 year old boy. His first important win was in the 1872 Cesarewitch, and his first Classic in the 1874 2000 Guineas, after which he became Lord Falmouth's retained jockey. Lord Falmouth was Dawson's principle owner and the Archer/Dawson/Falmouth combination became amazingly successful. BACK TO TOP Mark Philips Mark Anthony Peter Phillips (born September 22, 1948) is a former Olympic gold-medal-winning horseman and first husband of Anne, Princess Royal .

and father of the reigning Eventing World Champion Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips . In 1972, he was a member of the British three-day event team, which won the gold medal at the Munich Olympics. He won the Badminton Horse Trials in 1971 and 1972 riding Great Ovation, in 1974 on Colombus, and in 1981 on Lincoln. In 1998, Phillips designed the cross-country venue for the Red Hills Horse Trials, a qualifying event for the Olympics located in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. BACK TO TOP Walter R. Swinburn Walter R. Swinburn (born August 7, 1961 in Oxford ) is the son of Wally Swinburn, himself a successful rider on the flat in Ireland. now a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.

Nicknamed the "Choirboy", Swinburn rode his first winner, Paddy's Luck, on July 12, 1978 at Kempton Park but gained considerable fame for riding the superstar Shergar to victory in the Epsom Derby in 1981 by a record 10 lengths. He went on to win the Derby two more times. After retiring as a winner of numerous Group One races, including eight British Classics, Walter Swinburn began working as a licensed trainer in 2004 and operates Walter Swinburn Racing Stables based at Church Farm in Aldbury, Tring, Hertfordshire.

Question: What was the name of the horse that Zara Philips rode to win the World Equestrian Three Day Event Gold in 2006?
Answer: Toytown